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Synonyms for gherkins
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gur-kin |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɜr kɪn |
Définition of gherkins
Origin :- small cucumber used for pickling, 1660s, from early modern Dutch gurken, augurken (late 16c.) "small pickled cucumber," from East Frisian augurk "cucumber," probably from a Balto-Slavic source (cf. Polish ogórek "cucumber"), possibly ultimately from Medieval Greek angourion "a kind of cucumber," said to be from Persian angarah [Klein, etc.], but OED seems to regard this as unlikely. A Dutch source says the Greek is from a word for "immature" and that the vegetable originated in northern India and came to Eastern Europe via the Byzantine Empire.
- The Dutch suffix is perhaps the diminutive -kin, though some regard it as a plural affix, with the Dutch word mistaken for a singular in English. The -h- was added 1800s to preserve the hard "g" pronunciation.
- As in dill pickle : noun dill-flavored pickled cucumber
- When the "assortment" was weighed she made Lisa add some jelly and gherkins to it.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- He likes the Gherkins best, he says, because they are so hardy.
- Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 2, 1914 » by Various
- Gherkins are to be had by the middle of July, and for a month after.
- Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
- Gherkins and snaps are made in the same way as cucumbers—Mrs.S.
- Extract from : « Housekeeping in Old Virginia » by Marion Cabell Tyree
- Anchovies, eggs, and gherkins may be omitted, and yet will make an excellent salad.
- Extract from : « Soyer's Culinary Campaign » by Alexis Soyer
- Melons, pumpkins, and gherkins are also found in great profusion.
- Extract from : « Cyprus » by Franz von Lher
- When young, and most other small green vegetables, may be pickled the same way as gherkins.
- Extract from : « The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual » by William Kitchiner
- Fill up with cold vinegar, and add a little alum, allowing to every hundred gherkins a piece about the size of a shelled almond.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- When removed from the mould, garnish with chopped aspic and fans cut from gherkins and lettuce.
- Extract from : « Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties » by Janet McKenzie Hill
- Decorate with gherkins and the white of a hard-boiled egg cut in fanciful shapes, and with stars of mayonnaise.
- Extract from : « Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties » by Janet McKenzie Hill
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